I swear....watching Dems flounder on the gun issue is starting to become like watching a far-gone drug addict failing to take advantage of his absolute last intervention.
Of course, I think most Dems are incapable to realizing their peril on this issue, and will continue to wonder why they lose all the elections until Dems become the modern example of the Whigs.
Excerpt:
Some Republican leaders have stated that what defeated the Democrats was “guns, gays and God.†Yet, we know that many negatives can, if appropriately addressed, become positives. What if, in the case of guns, the Democrats made that issue a state rather than federal issue and fought for controls in the fifty state legislatures in accord with local party interest. New York and West Virginia see this issue differently. Therefore, the New York Democratic Party would try to pass gun control legislation in the New York State Legislature, whereas the West Virginia Democratic Party would focus its energy on other issues. We should learn what positive results have come out of the huge effort made nationally for greater control of guns over the last fifty years, especially in the area of gun injuries and deaths. The Democratic members of Congress should ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publicly report on the impact of gun legislation to date.
Link:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-12_1_04_EK.html
Of course, I think most Dems are incapable to realizing their peril on this issue, and will continue to wonder why they lose all the elections until Dems become the modern example of the Whigs.
Excerpt:
Some Republican leaders have stated that what defeated the Democrats was “guns, gays and God.†Yet, we know that many negatives can, if appropriately addressed, become positives. What if, in the case of guns, the Democrats made that issue a state rather than federal issue and fought for controls in the fifty state legislatures in accord with local party interest. New York and West Virginia see this issue differently. Therefore, the New York Democratic Party would try to pass gun control legislation in the New York State Legislature, whereas the West Virginia Democratic Party would focus its energy on other issues. We should learn what positive results have come out of the huge effort made nationally for greater control of guns over the last fifty years, especially in the area of gun injuries and deaths. The Democratic members of Congress should ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publicly report on the impact of gun legislation to date.
Link:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-12_1_04_EK.html
